Monthly Archives: April 2012

In My Father’s Country: An Afghan Woman Defies Her Fate by Saima Wahab Published: 2012 by Crown Publishers Source: Received from the Publisher for Review In 1979, Saima Wahab’s father was taken from his home in Kabul, never to be … Continue reading →

In the last two days five new books have found their way into my house thanks to my lovely mail carrier (I for one can safely say I do my part to keep the US Postal Service in business!): The … Continue reading →

Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted at Rose City Reader. It’s really simple: Share the first sentence of the book you are currently reading and what it means to you. My beginning this week comes from The Brief … Continue reading →

So I was cleaning up the kitchen tonight after dinner, and my mind wandered to one of the books I’m currently reading — Drop Dead Healthy by A.J. Jacobs — and how I wished I could attend one of his … Continue reading →

I’ve neglected my own feature the last few Mondays, frankly because I hadn’t read any magazine pieces that interested me enough to write about. This week, however, I am back! The April 16th edition of The New Yorker is labelled “The … Continue reading →

I blame this on my husband …. he asked me “The Crystal Lake Library Friends are having a used book sale this weekend. Do you want to go?” Umm, duh. So almost as soon as the doors opened at nine … Continue reading →